Nothing to see here, really. Asian writers aren't exactly discriminated against, and the pseudonym practice is really a long-standing tradition in fiction. Men have female names. Women have male names. Etc. Etc. Etc.

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No. Good try though.

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1. He pretended to be an Asian writer named Akira Yoshida
2. Marvel thought they were hiring a person of color. He was not up front with Marvel. They found out about the Akira Yoshida alias at a later date.
3. When caught in the lie he doubled down on the lie and claimed Akira Yoshida was a real person

He also created a fake backstory and sent someone to the Marvel offices to pretend to be Akira Yoshida. If it was just a pseudonym, maybe he could get a pass. David Wong (John Dies at the End) is a white dude with Asian sounding pseudonym, but I don't think he every tried to pass himself off as Asian.